The Colas c36.49

c36.49

Fig. 40. Tripurasundarī. From the same place. Now in the Government Museum, Madras. It forms a group with figure No. 39 above. The *samabhanga* (erect) pose here is unusual in figures of goddesses. Right hand holds a flower and the left is on the thigh. Decorated with elaborately worked *karaṇḍamakuṭa*, *kuṇḍalas* and necklace. *Yajñōpavīta* prominent. Lower garment is beautifully worked with tassels and folds. Unlike her consort, she looks in front with her face beaming with divine grace and splendour. Stylistically akin to the previous figure this is also the work of the same master hand.